Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 85
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B) Nb6 – 6
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@M_L_110213, farhad, Nikhil, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng
A) Nxf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
@fantastic45, @Zamani9899, Pranav Eswar
C) a5 – 1
👍 10%
@SteveWongso
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Nb6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@M_L_110213, farhad, Nikhil, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng
A) Nxf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
@fantastic45, @Zamani9899, Pranav Eswar
C) a5 – 1
👍 10%
@SteveWongso
👥 10 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Rodrigo Vásquez Schroder!!
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At the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 13th May 1976. L to R: (Walter Browne, ?, Max Euwe, Anatoly Karpov, Friðrik Ólafsson, Jan Timman, ?.
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Jan Timman in play v. Friðrik Ólafsson in the opening round of the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 14th May 1976.
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The 2nd round of the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 15th May 1976. Icelandic grandmaster Friðrik Ólafsson faces World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR).
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World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) in play in an international tournament at Amsterdam, 18th May 1976.
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🔵 About Napier
🔹 William Ewart Napier
🔹 American chess Master
📚 William Ewart Napier was an American chess master of English birth.
William Ewart Napier was born in Camberwell London, England. He was British champion in 1904 (after a play-off) but is probably best remembered for a game he lost to Emanuel Lasker.
His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws.
📚 Napier gained American citizenship in 1908 and began a career at an insurance company, becoming vice president of the Scranton Insurance Company. He married Florence Gillespie (Pillsbury's niece), with whom he later had two daughters. Although he still participated in chess, he played no more important tournaments. When he died at the age of 71, his chess career was nearly forgotten.
His best historical Elo number was 2662. He was, at the time, 11th place in the world.
♦️ A memorable game by Napier, named "There's a Nap for That" inchessgames.com site👇
🔘 William Ewart Napier vs Mikhail Chigorin
🔘 Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 20, Mar-10
🔘 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
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🔹 William Ewart Napier
🔹 American chess Master
📚 William Ewart Napier was an American chess master of English birth.
William Ewart Napier was born in Camberwell London, England. He was British champion in 1904 (after a play-off) but is probably best remembered for a game he lost to Emanuel Lasker.
His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws.
📚 Napier gained American citizenship in 1908 and began a career at an insurance company, becoming vice president of the Scranton Insurance Company. He married Florence Gillespie (Pillsbury's niece), with whom he later had two daughters. Although he still participated in chess, he played no more important tournaments. When he died at the age of 71, his chess career was nearly forgotten.
His best historical Elo number was 2662. He was, at the time, 11th place in the world.
♦️ A memorable game by Napier, named "There's a Nap for That" inchessgames.com site👇
🔘 William Ewart Napier vs Mikhail Chigorin
🔘 Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 20, Mar-10
🔘 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@Napier-Chigorin 1902.pgn
724 B
🔹 William Ewart Napier - Mikhail Chigorin, Monte Carlo (1902)
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🔹 PGN format
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🔴 Today is birthday of Vladimir Akopian!!
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29.b4! [White takes advantage of an opportunity to remove the weakness of the b-pawn.]
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+ 1–0
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+ 1–0